First Known Use: 1641
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catena
noun ca·te·na \kə-ˈtē-nə\
plural ca·te·nae\-(ˌ)nē\ or ca·te·nas
Definition of CATENA
: a connected series of related things
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Origin of CATENA
Medieval Latin, from Latin, chain
Related to CATENA
- Synonyms
- chain, catenation, concatenation, consecution, nexus, progression, sequence, string, train
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